Oddly high prices

Many food prices in France are both reasonable by US standards and in fact, many are dramatically lower than in the US. There are exceptions, however. One I noticed today was in a sale flyer from Carrefour - Spanish jambon (ham) WITH the bone, selling at 50% of its normal price. That, by itself, is attractive, but consider the starting price - 50 euros/kg. Very roughly that is about 25 USD/lb. At half-off, I guess it becomes somewhat attractive, but at the normal price, phew!